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Right-handed snakes: convergent evolution of asymmetry for functional specialization

External asymmetry found in diverse animals bears critical functions to fulfil ecological requirements. Some snail-eating arthropods exhibit directional asymmetry in their feeding apparatus for foraging efficiency because dextral (clockwise) species are overwhelmingly predominant in snails. Here, we...

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Hauptverfasser: Hoso, Masaki, Asami, Takahiro, Hori, Michio
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: The Royal Society 2007
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2375934/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17307721
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2006.0600
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